Sn. Yeola et al., SYNTHESIS OF 10(S)-HYDROXYEICOSATETRAENOIC ACID - A NOVEL CYTOCHROME-P-450 METABOLITE OF ARACHIDONIC-ACID, Journal of organic chemistry, 61(3), 1996, pp. 838-841
(-)-hydroxyeicosa-5(Z),8(Z),11(Z),14(Z)-tetraenoic acid methyl ester (
2) was synthesized in eight steps starting from enantiomerically pure
(Ri-glyceraldehyde acetonide. The 10(R)-(+)-enantiomer was prepared us
ing an identical method except that the starting material was (S)-glyc
eraldehyde acetonide. By use of these authentic standards, it was poss
ible to confirm that arachidonic acid was converted to a mixture of (-
)-hydroxyeicosa-5(Z),8(Z),11(Z),14(Z)-tetraenoic acid (1) and the 10(R
)-(+)-enantiomer by phenobarbital-induced rat Liver microsomes.